[Elecraft] Latest FW 3.44 and the NR/WIDTH

[Grant Youngman]

I don't think I'd agree that the work that's been done is "frills".    
A real problem (my opinion, of course) is just this -- someone gripes  
about something.  An audio tick, a nit, a nit on a nit.  And Elecraft  
solves the problem.  (Get Yaecomwoodtec to do that!)

I think the real issue has to do with everyone being a designer, a  
technical expert (or maybe just a generic "expert") an evaluator, an  
auditor.  Lyle and Wayne can't do one thing good without someone  
finding yet another absurd niggle to complain about.   I get the very  
real sense that a lot of K3 owners spend all of their time hunting  
down things they can request changes in, things that don't fit THEIR  
style, things that upset their delicate sensibilities (or delicate  
hearing) about what a radio SHOULD be ... It never ends that someone  
is posting unhappyness  that some button that doesn't do what THEY  
think it should do, or gets irritated because they might have to push  
it twice, or can't keep their fat fingers off the RIT knob, or ...  
something .....

I know it won't end, but it gets mighty tiring just reading this list  
some times.  Not to mention the multitude of tirades about  "problems"  
that end up being simple failures to RTFM or just RTF-release notes.

Of course, whatever it is, Elecraft will provide a fix -- even if the  
new menu item just becomes a permanent memorial to the one person  
unhappy with something :-)

Grant/NQ5T
#2091 with every conceivable option.


On Oct 18, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Mike Harris wrote:

> G'day,
>
> Don't you get the feeling that a six month hold on new frills is in
> order.  Polish up what's already there.  It's all getting a bit
> manic.  I certainly don't need a radio that tries to out guess me.
> Damned if I would want to fly in something that reconfigured itself
> without direct command from the pilot.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike VP8NO
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elliott Lawrence" <wa6tla at roadrunner.com>
> To: "Hector Padron" <ad4c2008 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Elecraft List" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 3:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Latest FW 3.44 and the NR/WIDTH
>
>
>> Thanks Hector....Glad it isn't just me being too picky!!!
>>
>> I don't want to reload 3.3 to see the difference. Maybe somewho
>> who hasn't
>> upgraded can check that out.
>>
>> 73
>> Elliott WA6TLA
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Hector Padron" <ad4c2008 at yahoo.com>
>> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 10:50 AM
>> Subject: [Elecraft] Latest FW 3.44 and the NR/WIDTH
>>
>>
>> Elliot,I installed my FW 3.44 yesterday and now that you mentioned
>> I gave it
>> a try and your are right,with the NR engaged, in my case best
>> result at
>> F4-1, every time I move the WIDTH step by step,I hear a "pop"
>> sound at the
>> speaker and the audio blanks out for a fraction of a second,no big
>> deal for
>> me but the WIDTH tunning is not smooth as it was before,all the
>> other
>> functions works ok,maybe Elecraft team will fix this with the next
>> upgrade,that's why they want us the beta testers do all the test
>> and let
>> them know what is wrong,73
>>
>> AD4C
>>
>> "For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3"
>
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